Interamerican Watch Newsletter - Issue 491
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Inter-American Watch
Thursday 07/05/2026Bolivia
The US State Department updated its travel advisory for Bolivia on April 28 due to increased security risks for US citizens. See the full supplement > ...Read more >>Source: larazon.bo
The legal proceedings against Evo Morales will take a key step on Monday, May 11, when the oral trial against him begins for the crime of aggravated human trafficking, with a minor as the victim. ...Read more >>
Source: diariodecuba.com
The former manager of Boliviana de Aviación (BoA), Ronald Casso, was arrested Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged financial damage of 14.4 million bolivianos (approximately USD 2 million) related to the opening of the route to Havana. ...Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Colombia
President Gustavo Petro addressed President Donald Trump's recent threats regarding Cuba on Tuesday, May 5, in which he asserted that the United States would "take control of Cuba almost immediately" following the conflict with Iran in the Middle East. ...Read more >>Source: eltiempo.com
Cuba
The organization Freedom House demanded the “immediate and unconditional” release of political prisoners in Cuba and denounced that “hundreds of people remain unjustly detained” on the island. ...Read more >>Source: martinoticias.com
The mother of 16-year-old Cuban political prisoner Jonathan Muir, Minervina Burgos López, pleaded for help from the international community and all people of goodwill to free her son, who is awaiting trial for the alleged crime of sabotage in an adult prison for protesting against power outages in Morón, Ciego de Ávila. ...Read more >>
Source: diariodecuba.com
Cuban political prisoner Yasmany González Valdés, known as Yasmany El Libre, was released this week on his first furlough after three years in prison, and his deterioration is noticeable. ...Read more >>
Source: adncuba.com
The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) denounced this Wednesday an increase in repression on the island during April. According to the organization, at least 366 repressive actions were recorded, of which 27 corresponded to arrests and 339 to other types of abuse and harassment. ...Read more >>
Source: infobae.com
Ecuador
Quito, May 6 (EFE) - The Ecuadorian Armed Forces disabled a clandestine airstrip allegedly used for drug trafficking activities in the municipality of El Triunfo, in the coastal province of Guayas, the Ministry of Defense reported Wednesday. ...Read more >>Source: swissinfo.ch
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
By our Director: Luis Beltrán Guerra G.In mid-2026, Venezuela will be responsible for electing Supreme Court justices, in accordance with the 1999 Constitution, which, incidentally, was approved by the direct verdict of popular sovereignty. ...Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
By our Director: Beatrice E. Rangel
The underlying issue is clear: the international liberal order is experiencing a period of fatigue. The combination of internal pressures—political polarization, institutional distrust—and external pressures—geopolitical revisionism, economic fragmentation—has weakened the consensus that sustained eight decades of relative stability. ...Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Guest Columnist | Hugo Marcelo Balderrama
Here we must address the great paradox of those who seek equality: they oppose material inequalities, yet they foster inequality in the use of violence, since some are left defenseless against the aggressions of those in power. ...Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
By our Director: Carlos Sánchez Berzaín
With a narrative of revolution, populism, and anti-imperialism, he imposed state terrorism as a methodology and the management of crime as a government plan, consolidating the narco-state of Cuba, creating narco-states in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador, and in provinces or states in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and more. ...Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
By our Director: Ricardo Israel
He would be the first Latino with a real chance of reaching the White House, somewhat like Obama was for African Americans in 2008. ...Read more >>
Source: intdemocratic.org
Spain
Spanish media have reported that the Spanish government, led by Pedro Sánchez, is seeking to reestablish diplomatic relations with the Nicaraguan regime and invite it to attend the XXX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, to be held this year in Madrid on November 4 and 5. ...Read more >>Source: martinoticias.com
United States
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported Tuesday night that it carried out an attack against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that was transporting drugs. The military operation resulted in the deaths of three drug traffickers. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Venezuela
Internal documents from Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. PDVSA revealed that shell companies controlled by Carlos Malpica Flores and other businessmen close to Nicolás Maduro exported Venezuelan oil worth at least $11 billion during 2021 and 2022 without the state-owned company receiving any payment for those sales. ...Read more >>Source: infobae.com
Delcy Rodríguez came to power with the task of righting wrongs. Part of this quixotic effort involves dismantling the structure of opacity that has characterized the management of resources and public affairs in Venezuela, a country that Transparency International ranks as the most corrupt in the Americas. ...Read more >>
Source: infobae.com